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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1871
Page
6
The passage muses that words matter little without heart they convey. It suggests simple, few words can reach the heart more than many that fail to move, likening words to birds of sunshine that bring gentle home to cheer.
A wide array of incidents and reports include a fatal tea barrel accident in Gaston, a deadly Belvidere railroad accident, and cholera and fever outbreaks in Europe and America. Other items note political shifts in California, real estate valuations in New York, varied international tensions, a steamship loss near Amsterdam, and advances in iron making and embroidery technology.
A correspondent notes that Satanta and Big Tree have had their death sentences commuted to life in prison. Fort Richardson holds custody, and the Sack County sheriff is suspended amid embezzlement charges. Transfers fear civil guards and even military escorts. the Indians may not reach the penitentiary. Big Tree desires hanging. Satanta has offered no clear wish.
The New Jersey Republican Party selected Cornelius Walsh as its gubernatorial candidate. The nomination signals Walsh will challenge the incumbent in the forthcoming state election.
Latest fashion notes describe a shift from chignons to Grecian inspired hair with high smooth temples and coronets. Turban hats decline while broad bonnets grow. trims on dresses revive, skirts remain short for walking, and capes and demi-trains shape street wear. Dark silks and velvet stripes appear in rich colors for winter.
A Sinocxan Irony cites two credible Albany Journal reporters who observed a wasp riding a green worm about one and a half inches long. The worm dragged along. the wasp periodically spurred it and stayed on course. After the worm paused, the wasp dismounted, moved a stone two inches away, dragged the worm into a hole, covered it, then the worm lay dead. The observers killed the wasp and retrieved the worm.
During the Strasbourg bombardment a shell tore a window and lodged in the organ pipes of the cathedral. It failed to explode, sparing the organ and much of the building. The shell was later extracted and displayed on a marble pedestal with an inscription detailing the event.
Ten passengers were killed and many injured when an express train crashed into a rear coach near Seclin in Northern France. The accident resembled a similar Eastern Railroad Massachusetts disaster with engines shattered and steam scalding passengers. A Chicago man jailed for insulting women claimed fashion drove him mad. authorities dismissed his defense.
A Pottstown ledger item describes a mare at the iron works tasked with hauling iron carts between the furnace, puddling mill, and plate mill, without a driver for years. The horse’s road includes a rail line where it waits for trains. Wages for drivers total 41 dollars monthly, and the mare’s work has saved her employer about 1,890 dollars. Also, notes on Brigham Young’s age and appearance, and a Welsh fishing anecdote about a salmon containing an eel, trout, minnows inside.
The note observes that chlorine and sodium are individually dangerous, yet when combined they form common table salt essential for health and found on every table. It emphasizes the paradox of two toxic elements yielding a vital compound through safe reaction.
A fragment from the San Francisco Reporter recounts a passenger’s flight with a public baby on a journey from Oakland Point to San Antonio aboard multiple lines. The infant’s continuous cry and sticky mischief trigger reactions and discomfort among travelers, ending with the claim the child will howl for years.
A 19th century view argues flirts rarely marry, preferring endless engagements. It praises a true woman for intellect, restraint, and steadiness, claiming she marries sooner and becomes a better, truer wife. Flirts tempt with vanity but lack depth, leading to disappointment and volatile marriages.
A father buys a temperamental horse named George for seventy five dollars. Through patient, gentle handling and a child’s talk, the horse learns trust. After days of slow progress, Georgie finally submits, and the bond with the family deepens as the horse becomes calm, friendly, and affectionate toward the man who cared for him.
A brief natural history note on crabs highlighting their seemingly pain tolerant behavior and cannibalism among crabs. It describes dearth of shell growth guidance, leg shedding in spiders, and the crab’s molting process with removal of the old shell beneath a rock, followed by a soft vulnerable period before the new exoskeleton hardens.
A humorous sketch defines the lazy man as good natured and peaceful avoiding crime and upheaval. He avoids burglary, theft, running affairs, and incendiary politics, preferring sedentary, unassertive presence while lending comic “service” to billiard rooms and avoiding disruption of neighbors.
Mr Monck of Trinity College Dublin proposes a new theory of color blindness. He argues ordinary explanations fail because color blind individuals see the full spectrum yet misperceive compliments like red and green. His idea centers on accidental colors produced by strong complementary tint excitation, which combine with the original color to yield a greyish hue. The brighter the light, the quicker the accidental color appears, and color blind observers reportedly see accidental colors less often.
An English medical journal warns against wearing green kid gloves after cases show hands developing a hard to cure eruption due to arsenic in the dye. It notes not all greens are poisoned but advises safer colors for gloves.
The Seminole speak of three men created fair copper and black by a Great Spirit. After washing in a lake, the white man gains the lightest package containing pens, ink, and paper—the engines of mind and social progress. The copper man gets tools for labor, the black man receives hunting and war gear.
A Green County farmer posts a boast that his hired man can outpace any other within fifteen miles of Jefferson in reaching the harvest field, returning to dinner, eating, doing less, and bearing down on a fence panel. He bets $42.25 that his man can win.
The first wife who sparked a legislative flutter by alleged action to permit a man with an insane wife to wed again remains in a private Boston area asylum for twenty years. Her madness surfaced in Louisville when she threw four children from a window. two died, others survived after years of injuries. Her delusions linked to religious mania centered on offspring.
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